Russell Westbrook and Nina Earl Westbrook

Nina Earl Westbrook and Russell Westbrook both played b-ball for UCLA where they met. The pair got married in 2015 and had their first child, Noah, in 2017. Russell Westbrook now plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Nina Earl Westbrook no longer plays, but we'd like to think that the two shoot hoops with each other from time to time.

"Every time I come home I just, regardless of a good or bad game, every time I see your face your smile does nothing but brighten me up," Russell Westbrook told his wife in an acceptance speech for his NBA MVP award. "I just want to say I love you and I thank you for everything you've done for me thus far."

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Laird Hamilton and Gabrielle Reece

It's impossible to omit former pro beach volleyball player Gabby Reece and her big wave surfer hubby Laird Hamilton from any list of fit couples. The fit duo appeared in ESPN's 2015 body issue and created the XPT performance training program.

Laird and Reece have been married since 1997, and have two kids together. Reece told People that the secret to a long marriage is "understanding that if you have someone you really love and respect, show them you admire them, appreciate them and even desire them on a regular basis."

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Andrew East and Shawn Johnson

Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson and NFL player Andrew East got married in 2016 with a gorgeous ceremony in Tennessee.

Not everything about their lives has been picture-perfect, though. Johnson told People their first year together was stressful, and last year the two publicly shared their devastating miscarriage experience. But they've made it through and based on their frequent love notes to each other on social media, they're still going strong.

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David Lee and Caroline Wozniacki

Tennis star Caroline Wozniacki and former NBA player David Lee document their travels together on Instagram, and on a recent vacation to Bora Bora, Lee put a (very large) ring on it.

"In honor of #internationalwomensday I want to acknowledge my incredible fiancé @carowozniacki," Lee wrote in an Instagram caption on IWD. "Her strength , character, attitude, and class inspire others to be their best, and she sets an amazing example for women around the world. I love you!"

Evan Bates and Madison Chock

We all love to speculate about whether ice skating pairs are couples off the ice, but in the case of U.S. ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates, an IRL relationship has been confirmed. The two recently revealed that they went from ice dancing partners to something more.

They've been through good and bad—including a heartbreaking fall during Pyeongchang—on the ice. "We go through everything together; all the highs and all the lows," Chock told People. "You just really have to be on the same page and have the same goals and the same work ethic, which we are fortunate to have and it works really well."

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Aaron Ross and Sanya Richards-Ross

Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross and former NFL-er Aaron Ross met as students at the University of Texas at Austin in 2003, married in 2010, and had their first child, Aaron Jermaine II, in 2017.

"If someone asked me if I believed in love at first sight before I met Sanya, I would kind of think it was like a fairy tale," Ross told the Florida Times-Union. "But from the first time I've seen her, I wanted her. I've been wanting her even more ever since."

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Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe

Soccer player Sue Bird and basketball player Megan Rapinoe both have some pretty impressive accomplishments in their respective sports. Rapinoe has won a World Cup and an Olympic match and Bird won two WNBA championships.

On the podcast Planet Futbol with Grant Wahl, Rapinoe shared that the two like to watch each other play, adding "She's a little upset that my sport's outside and she has to sit outside instead of sitting inside in a nice air-conditioned or heated gym, which is a very fair point."

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Matt Treanor and Misty May-Treanor

Olympic beach volleyball player Misty May-Treanor and her husband, Dodgers catcher Matt Treanor, met in 2003 and got married a year later.

Treanor told Sports Illustrated about meeting May-Treanor: "We met in November 2003 at a sports therapy center in Orange, CA. I was rehabbing my knee, and she was there training. I had no idea who she was. I went home and told my little brother, Markell, I was planning to ask out some volleyball player. I called her Missy May. He's like, 'What's with you, man? You've got problems. She's one of the most famous players in the world.'"

Tyler Nicholson and Jamie Anderson

Snowboarders Jamie Anderson and Tyler Nicholson first went on a date when Anderson was 21 and Nicholson was 22, and a relationship blossomed over the years. Both competed in the Pyeongchang Olympics, but for different teams: Anderson for the U.S. and Nicholson for Canada.

"It's been such a cool experience to be together here, and we almost feel like we're in college because we're going to the American house or sneaking into the Canadian house," Anderson told People about competing together at the Games.